Hat guard



J. J. DONLIN.

HAT GUARD.

APPLICATIONVFILED OCT. 19, 1920.

1,406, 22, Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

John J. Donll ATTORNEY WITNBS UNITED STATES JOHN J. IDOLTLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

Application filed October 19, 1929. Serial No. 418,002.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN J. DONLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat guards, and has particular reference to those devices wherein use is made of a cord or the like having one end attached to the hat and adapted to be associated with the garment of the wearer to prevent the hat from being blown off the head and tootherwise guard against loss of the hat.

The principal object of the present invention resides in the provision of a novel con struction of a device designed to be arranged between the sweat band and the crown of the hat and secured thereto in a mosteffective manner, and with which a hat cord can be permanently or detachably connected, so that the cord can be carried in the pocket of the user if so desired.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is read in connec tion with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of the application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a hat showing the invention associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a detail view of the attachment removed from the hat.

Figure 3 is a view of a modified form of the invention.

The device forming the subject matter of my invention is constructed from any suitable material having the desired rigidity and strength to perform the function for which it is intended. The device is substantially Y-shaped and adapted to be'positioned between the sweat-band and the crown of a hat with the stem 10 projecting a slight distance beneath the sweat-band and provided nth an opening 11 to accommodate the ring 12. Projecting from the opposite side of the stem 10 are lugs 13 which are also provided with openings 14 so that the lugs and branches 15 of the Yshaped member may be stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the hat. The branches 15 of the member are also provided with openings 16 for this purpose. The hat cord is indicated at 17 and is of the usual well known construction, one end of the cord being provided with a snap hook 17 so that it can be detachably connected with the ring 12, and thereby allow the cord to be carried in the pocket of the user if so desired. However the cord may be permanently associated with the ring and folded within the hat if desired. The device may vary in configuration and have the outline of the different letters of the alphabet if so desired, so that the purchaser of a hat may be provided with a device having a configuration corresponding to his initial, it being understood that each device irrespective of configuration being provided with aprojecting portion to extend a slight distance below the sweat band of the hat.

lVhile it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is:

In combination with a hat, of a Y-shaped member provided with a plurality of openings, lugs projecting from opposite sides of said member and provided with a plurality of openings, means engaging said openings for securing said member and lugs to said hat, a ring secured to one end of said memher, and a hat cord detachably secured to said ring.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN J. DONLIN. 

